Axis Bank, market leader in travel currency cards, have announced the launch of Axis Forex Online, India’s first comprehensive online retail forex solution to empower customers to transfer funds online in more than 100 plus currencies across 150 countries.
Axis Forex Online, in addition to online outward remittance, would also provide door step delivery of forex cards and foreign currency cash, the same day to all resident Indian individuals.
Speaking on the occasion, Sidharth Rath, President & Head, Treasury, Corporate & Transaction Banking, said
This innovative offering from Axis Bank, Axis Forex Online is aimed at providing our customers as well as non-customers the ease of making outward remittances, purchasing forex cards and foreign currency cash, all at the click of a button. Unlike conventional modes of remittances, this facility offers a greater degree of convenience to users, with transparent rates and higher transaction limits. And all this can be done by them from the comfort of their home or office.
Axis Forex Online compares favourably with existing alternate options available for outward remittance on virtually all parameters – ease, speed, efficiency and cost effectiveness. The remittance procedure is a simple three step process – register oneself, register the beneficiary and make payment online. Once the one-time self-registration is completed and verified, the user can register multiple beneficiaries and effect money transfer instantly. An existing customer can also use the online outward remittances facility via Axis Bank Internet Banking and transfer money from any Bank account in India to any Bank around the world.
Education, Family Maintenance, Leisure & Travel, Medical and Health care have been observed to be the segments widely used for foreign currency outward remittance. Axis Forex Online will allow users to remit up to USD 25,000 in a single transaction and limit the retail outward remittance to USD 250,000 per annum.
About Axis Bank
Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank in India. Axis Bank offers the entire spectrum of services to customer segments covering Large and Mid-Corporates, SME, Agriculture and Retail Businesses.
With its 2,805 domestic branches (including extension counters) and 12,631 ATMs across the country, as on 31st December 2015, the network of Axis Bank spreads across 1,796 cities and towns, enabling the Bank to reach out to a large cross-section of customers with an array of products and services. For more information, please visit AxisBank.